Calgary Flames defenseman Travis Hamonic and wife Stephanie brought their daughter to her first NHL game on Saturday. Eight-month-old Charlie was a good luck charm for her dad, who promised to score a goal for her –– and he did just that.

During the first intermission, Hamonic spoke with Sportsnet’s Ryan Leslie. “It’s exactly how you drew it up,” Leslie said. “You bring your daughter to your first NHL game, she’s here, it’s a good luck charm, you acknowledge her in the warm-up, and then boom: dad scores a goal.”

“I tried to promise her a goal,” Hamonic responded. “I’m not sure how often I can do that, but Charlie’s the love of our lives, my wife and I, Steph. And to have her here and to see that, I don’t score a lot of goals, so that’s something she’s going to hold onto forever.”

Defenseman Karl Alzner hasn’t been a Capital since the 2016-17 season, but his connection to his team still runs deep. The Montreal Canadiens failed to make the playoffs last season, but Alzner didn’t let his own postseason disappointment stop him from following his friends’ journey.

“It was interesting for me because it was two completely different sets of emotions,” Alzner said in an interview with Tim Wharnsby for the NHLPA. “At first you want to feel you were a big part of the team, and you don’t want to think that they were about to have more success without you.”

Like many players, Alzner doesn’t usually watch playoffs if he’s not in them. But after a short vacation to Europe after his early start to the summer, he tuned back in.

“That team has 15 of my closest friends and I was happy for them,” Alzner said. “It was a roller coaster of emotions. But the way I saw it was when do you get a chance to see 15 of your closest friends realize their dream.”

Forward Oskar Sundqvist has been out of the Blues lineup since September 30, when he was taken out by an illegal hit from the Capitals’ Tom Wilson. Sundqvist suffered a shoulder injury, a concussion, and facial laceration, and was put on injured reserve.

Wednesday morning, Blues head coach Mike Yeo said that Sundqvist has been cleared to play.

Alex Alexeyev, the Capitals’ first-round pick in the 2018 draft, scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the Red Deer Rebels. Alexeyev’s fourth goal of the season helped the Rebels to a 4-3 win over the Kootenay Ice, Saturday night.

Alex Ovechkin‘s missing front tooth has been part of his trademark smile since his rookie year. In the last round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, he enlarged his tooth gap when he cracked a lateral incisor.

Recently, it appears Ovechkin had some dental work done, fixing only the most recent break.

The Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup Champions and they have the rings to remember it by. At a lavish private ceremony held at the Palm Restaurant, the players and staff, and their families were presented with spectacular rings and necklaces to commemorate their championship.

While each player was presented the ring box individually, captain Alex Ovechkin requested that the team open the boxes together and in unison.

“He wanted to see it so much,” Ted Leonsis said to NHL.com’s Tom Gulitti. “[H]e said, ‘Look, we’re a team. We’re going to give these out individually, but we’re all going to open them at the same time.’ And that’s a sound I’ll remember because it was like, ‘OK, open.’ They all opened them and you heard a ‘Haaaah.’ So, I walked over and said, ‘What do you think?'”

Sergei Shumakov, the Capitals’ newest eagle aficionado, appears to have damaged a wing.

On Wednesday, the Russian forward posted a picture on his Instagram story of his right hand in a blue cast. As translated by RMNB’s Graham Dumas, the text says “I played too hard.”

According to a Hershey Bears representative, “Sergei was injured during the first period of Sunday’s game in Rockford. Per our training staff, Sergei Shumakov is week-to-week with an upper body injury.”

Wizards’ Head Coach Scott Brooks says the organization is “excited to begin the season with a revamped, versatile staff of coaches and trainers. We have a good mix of returning veteran NBA coaches, valuable new additions and promotions from within the organization that will help our players improve.” She’s the first woman to become a coach for one of DC’s major four sports teams.